Christina Cutter MD MSc

Wide inter- and intra-hospital variations in low-value preoperative testing before low-risk surgery in Michigan suggest opportunities to improve value-based perioperative care ja.ma/33WGLyB @NickBerlin_MD @EveKerrMD @DrHariNathan @leslydossett

At 63 hospitals in @michiganvalue: Panel A shows the wide range of testing rates for three low-risk surgeries separately. Panel B shows how the testing rate for the three surgeries varied within hospitals.

🚨Out today @JAMAInternalMed 🚨 We assessed patterns of preoperative testing before low-risk surgery in Michigan. These are high-volume services w/ strong evidence that they have no clinical benefit & can lead to cascades of invasive diagnostic testing. bit.ly/3wfFQW6

Will employees continue to utilize telehealth benefits post-COVID? benefitnews.com/opinion/will-e… @CutterC_MD

Galvanizing stakeholders around a value-based “new normal” for #telehealth based in research. It's a momentous opportunity to ensure telehealth's lasting impact on better individual & pop health outcomes and reduce disparities in care. healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hbl… @Health_Affairs

Improve Emergency Care? Pandemic Helps Point the Way nytimes.com/2020/11/23/ups… by @afrakt See also this excellent telemedicine brief by @CutterC_MD @NickBerlin_MD & Mark Fendrick @UM_VBID healthaffairs.org/topic/ss150

@UM_ACRU @RANDCorporation Abir @NCSPMichigan @CutterC_MD On @NPR this morning COVID-19 Hospitalizations Are Surging. Where Are Hospitals Reaching Capacity? npr.org/sections/healt… @UM_IHPI @UMichiganEM @umichmedicine @neumar_robert

Our next @altarum_shss blog by @um_vbid's Christina M. Cutter, Nicholas L. Berlin, and A. Mark Fendrick capitalizes on the natural experiment afforded by the #COVID19 #pandemic and proposes a value-driven #telehealth policy and research agenda. bit.ly/2GrzeA5

Thank you to co-author Nicholas Berlin (@NickBerlin_MD), #mentortothemax Mark Fendrick (@UM_VBID), @healthaffairs, UM Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, and @altarum for this opportunity. The Team. The Team. The Team.

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🚨 Today in @HealthAffairs 🚨 Establishing a Value-Based “New Normal” for Telehealth The future of #telehealth should be grounded in a value-based framework bit.ly/2GDIHEd